United States Fourth Circuit

Death row inmate is entitled to resentencing where defense counsel failed to object to the State's sentencing arguments comparing the overall worth of defendant's life with that of his victim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2004
• Published 05/03/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, WIDENER, WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, MOTZ, TRAXLER, KING, GREGORY, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Teresa Lynn Norris, Center For Capital Litigation, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.   ONBRIEF:Thomas R. Haggard, Ridgeway, South Carolina;  Joseph Maggiacomo, Center for Capital Litigation, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Henry Dargan McMaster, Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.